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The Calibar 900 is not medium stiff. According to the datasheet it has the same stiffness as TC70 / N7II (solidity 8.3)
The 900B is medium stiff --> 8.5
There is currently only one LiNing racket which is stiffer j4ckie's beloved 900C - maybe he knows more

 

Beloved? That thing is a stiff sledgehammer. Way too stiff and also too heavy for me. No thanks

 

Since all other rackets are too light I assumed ...
But you agree the 900 is NOT medium stiff do you?

 

I think I only had the 900B....? I'll check to make sure. It was too light for me so I didn't test thoroughly. Not my kind of racket, really. Iirc it was medium(ish). No guarantees though, test rackets aren't even close to mine in setup and I only played it briefly in 2 sessions.

The Aeronaut 8000C is nicely heavy, btw, and the 600C I could get used to as well. Definitely lighter than the N80ii or N99, but not by a whopping margin. Hard to say only from memory, but I'd say the 8000C should be a tad heavier than the TC75C. That was quite meaty as well.

 

Well, their medium stiff should be medium/stiff to avoid confusion in between medium and stiff. if you look at the li-ning web shop it’s:
900B: medium (8.5 in the catalogue)
900: medium stiff (8.3)
900C: stiff (8.0)

 

In that case I got it wrong. Seems there is no extra stiff or super stiff if 8.3 is medium stiff though.

 

I’m looking for a similar racket to 4U Astrox 88D.

Which one will be the most similar?
1. 3D Calibar 900
2. Turbocharging 75C
3. Aeronaut 8000D

And another question, does the Turbocharging 75 will feel like Duora 10?

 

Wich racket use Shi Yu QI ? I don't recongnized the model.

 

He used the N7-1, though I haven't seen him play recently so he could have changed.

 

He changed his racket.

 

What is the new name for the N90 IV?

 

That’s the Calibar 900B

 

Thanks

 

After arrival of the N80TD I put it on the scale and it's at least 1g lighter than all my N7II rackets. I weighed headweight and also the headweight of the N80TD is 1g-1.5g less than my N7IIs. I have the same grip setup on all 4 rackets two N7IIs have LiNing No.5 and one has No.1 as the N80TD, too.
I can feel the lower headweight dry swinging and when playing. Timing compared to the N7II rackets is a bit different therefore I am a bit confused why j4ckie prefers the N80TD over the N7II.
O.k. maybe due to the stiffness allthough In the first session I was not really impressed but I wanted the No,1@11kg give some time to deploy its full performance.
During the second session it became better and better when the string settled and now I can say I can feel the difference in flexibility / stiffness. I can generate more power with the same effort or same power with less effort. Several lifts were too long which I can do most time quite precisely with the N7II.
I am curious about the 3rd session.
I think I can adapt to the N80TD but I am unsure whether I will be able to use the N80TD besides the N7II and picking the one which I am in the mood for.

 

I think the 80TD is a lot faster than the N7II. Much better choice for doubles, for me at least.

 

Speaking of grips, I swapped the original li-ning grip for a victor replacement grip. Now the racket feels a lot heavier, I don’t know the weight of the grips, but the li-ning original grip feels less then half the weight of the victor grip. (Like the weight of an overgrip)
I’ll probably go back to just cushion wrap and overgrip.

Anyone ever weighted and compared the grips from different brands?

 

Normally I weigh the racket as it comes from the shop with factory grip and the string I chose and also determine the balance point. I put the numbers in an Excel sheet.
When the string breaks I weigh again without string.

Mostly I leave the factory grip on and add a very thin overgrip. For some time I used RKEP G10 which s_mair gave to me. I liked it. It adds some 6g to the handle. Currently I prefer the LiNing GP1000 which has fantastic properties and quality therefore I like it even more than RKEP G10. Both feel much better to me then all other Yonex, Victor, Babolat overgrips I have tested. The GP1000 adds 5g to the handle. I think that weight does not change much of the rackets behavior or your play but the feeling is different. If I play s_mairs' N7II with G10 on the wood I can feel the headweight of the N7II much better than on my N7II with an additional ovegrip.

 

I actually have a box of GP1000 here, yeah I like it too

 

give you an example on rackets and change in weight due to handle setup

I had a Yonex Voltric Flashboost which is a 5U racket. With the factory grip, string and an additional Victor overgrip similar to GP1000 it was 89g. Fast but not much power.
The Victor Jetspeed 10 with just overgrip on the wood is 87g.
My Yonex Votric 80 had an very thick Victor Overgrip and was 94.5g. I removed all and just added a RKEP G10 on the wood. Now it's 87g. Almost nothing has changed just feeling and that the handle is thinner . I would always pick the VT80 over all these rackets no matter 5g more or less at the handle.

 

I specifically mentioned that the N80TD was a long time ago and I don't remember it all that well
All I can say with certainty is that I don't like the N7ii